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The Science of a Meaningful Life

A new examination of the surprising origins of human goodness. In Born to Be Good, Dacher Keltner demonstrates that humans are not hardwired to lead lives that are "nasty, brutish, and short"—we are in fact born to be good. He investigates ...

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Addressing the pervasive longing for meaning and fulfillment in this time of global crisis, this teleseminar introduces a visionary ecopsychology of human development that reveals how fully and creatively we can mature when we allow soul and nature to guide us.

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This conversation explores the slowly unveiling convergence of human wisdom traditions with the emerging sciences of consciousness to reveal an inspiring vision of the authentic state of the human being ...

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Integral Health and Human Flourishing

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Week 8 of the course Optimal Health and Human Flourishing.

The integral approach to health appreciates the contributions of the four central aspects of the human experience – biology, consciousness, inter-personal relationships, and inter-connection with culture and the environment. Session 8 explores these four aspects and emphasizes the central role of inner development.

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Human Evolution and the Environment

Renowned Stanford scientists Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich believe that intelligently addressing today’s great environmental and social challenges requires a clear understanding of how we evolved and how we’re changing the planet.

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Transforming Disturbing Emotions

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Week 4 of the course Optimal Health and Human Flourishing.

This class presents the seven approaches to work with afflictive emotions, in order to restore natural harmony and balance. We learn about the human capacity for self-regulation and explore current research in the field of neuroscience.

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Roger Walsh discusses how the meeting of meditative and Western psychological disciplines holds major theoretical and practical implications for each, as well as the promise of mutual enrichment and potential integrations. If handled skillfully, this meeting may enable them to become partners in one of the greatest of human quests—the exploration, understanding, healing, and enhancement of the human mind.

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The End of Suffering

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Week 3 of the course Optimal Health and Human Flourishing.

This class explores the way to progressively alleviate stress, and suffering while simultaneously promoting the qualities of human flourishing – optimal health, enduring happiness, and a stable and profound peace of mind, body, and spirit.

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Matters of Consequence is a cross-disciplinary map of reality that addresses human concerns at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Among these are personal concerns such as living a creative and significant life, and societal ones such as sustainability and economic justice.

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Jean explores physical, psychological, mythical, and spiritual paths that are to be found on this healing journey. One can become a world server filled with a passion for the possible, and having the capacities to make these possibilities happen.

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Bruce begins with the conventional concept that the human body is a machine: its history, appeal, and errors. He then describes a new medical model that is more in accord with nature, and therefore able to offer maximum benefit to patients.

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Bruce begins with the conventional concept that the human body is a machine: its history, appeal, and errors. He then describes a new medical model that is more in accord with nature, and therefore able to offer maximum benefit to patients.

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This high-octane teleseminar surveys a broad scope of history and human evolution as Dr. Lipton illuminates the parallels between reptilian, avian, and mammalian evolution and the epochal transitions humanity as a whole is now traversing. He shows how corporations and large governments parallel the increase in size of dinosaurs without an increase in brain size or awareness.